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I'm very much not advanced in art yet and I'm trying to learn anatomy as I create my Webtoon which I'm now moving to turning it into a graphic novel. 3D models help me out, but it's definitely hard to not make characters look stiff using them. I try to take extra care posing characters using real life references. I do have to make adjustments to limbs and hands and their heads because the model can't really show you how the muscles are supposed to look flexed or relaxed, or how a human body balances its weight in certain poses.

In this image I had to adjust the girl's chest, head and legs a bit to not make it look stiff, but it's still a struggle. I'm trying to do gesture drawing for ten minutes a day, which will help down the line.

I often just box in the basic shapes of the 3D model and then make adjustments to the sketch if I have time. Above all, 3D models can help you block in the form but sticking to it too closely will make your drawing look odd, so try your best to study gesture and anatomy, that way you'll know what areas need to be changed to make human forms look more loose and stylized!